HOBOKEN – Police say one of three people arrested in a car that was being driven erratically swallowed evidence Tuesday evening.

Tyquan Chisolm, 22, of Sixth Street, Hoboken, was charged with tampering with physical evidence, obstruction administration of law and defiant trespass, according to reports.

Marie Viaud, of Harrison Street, Hoboken, was charged with bail jumping and issued a summons for driving without a license, and Rolando Valdez, 22, of Eighth Street, Union City, was charged with bail jumping, hindering apprehension and defiant trespass, reports said.

Vice Squad detectives with the Hoboken Police Department saw a silver Toyota Camry stop at Marshall Drive and Fifth Street at 8:26 p.m. and Valdez get out to pick up Chisolm -- who they knew from previous drug arrests -- from the lobby of the Hoboken Housing Authority building, reports said. With Valdez and Chisolm back on board, the car sped away south on Harrison Street.

The driver, with three passengers, then began swerving from side to side and accelerating and slowing down, almost hitting several parked cars, police said.

Police pulled over the Toyota over at Second Street and Marshall Drive and found Viaud had a suspended license, reports said.

When cops questioned Chisolm to find out why he had been in the public building, he mumbled and shook his head because something in his mouth prevented him from speaking properly, reports said.

He refused to open his mouth and struggled to swallow what was in there, police said. Police applied a compliance hold, but Chisolm struggled with the officer and swallowed the evidence, reports said.
Chisolm was taken to Hoboken University Medical Center and then cleared for release to the police, reports said.

Valdez, who had several open warrants out of North Bergen and Jersey City and initially gave cops a false name, told police that he had arranged to meet Chisolm in the hallway of the HHA building, even though neither man lives there, reports said.

Viaud, who was given a ticket for driving without a valid license, was arrested when it was found she had several open warrants from Jersey City and Union City.

Another passenger who had no outstanding warrants and was released, reports said.